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J. H.' DUNBAR- 2 sheets-sheet 2.

GHURN.

Patented Oct. 1.7, 1882.

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V 4ltlNrTnn STaTns PaTnNT @Triton- JOHN H. DUNBAR, OF PHILADELPHIA,PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR T() CLEMENT & DUNBAR, OF SAME PLAGE.

CHURN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters lPatent No. 266,253, dated October17, 1882.

Application filed January 9. 188:3.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN H. DUNBAR. a citizen of the United States,residing at Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State ofPennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Ghurns., ofwhich the following is a specification.

rIhe principal object of my invention is such a construction of thedasher as will adapt it to be passed into the churn through acomparatively small mouth and still have the Wings in their combinedaction to strike against all parts of the cream. Another object is suchan arrangement of the wings of the dasher as will tend to eftectuallybreak up and crush the globules of the cream.

The nature of my invention by which these objects are accomplishedconsists, in the first place, in the arrangement of two ofthe Wings ofthe dasher at opposite sides thereof, as near its axis as practicable,for the purpose of having thedashernarrowin onedirection, and thus toprovide for its being inserted into the ch urn through acomparativelynarrow mouth,where by to diminish the circumferentialsurface of the churn as little as possible for the more complete actionof the dasher, as hereinafter described. The intermediate two wings areso arranged farther from the axis of the dasher than the above mentionedas to strike the cream which they miss in their revolutions, and arecurved in their longitudinal direction in such a manner as to adinitofthe dasher,when canted, being passed into thechurn through a shortmouth, whereby to leave sufficient surface tor the hoops at the ends ofthe churn.

The nature of my invention, in the second place, consists in having theouter two ot' the win gs at opposite sides of the dasher, with theirouter edges inclined forward in the direction .of their revolutions toforce the cream toward the axis of the dasher, and the other twoinclined in the contrary direction,so as to produce two currents ofcream in opposite directions, for the effectual breaking up oftheglobnies of the cream.

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trating the fact that the dasher admits of being passed into the churnthrough a comparatively small month, and to fill it up in such a manneras to act tlioroughly'in its revolutions upon all parts ot' the cream.Fig. 4 on Sheet No. 2 is a perspective view .of the dasher.

Like letters of reference in all the figures indicate the same parts.

A represents the barrel of the churn, having a mouth or inlet-opening,b.-

B is the axle of the dasher, which has crossarms c, to which areconnected the wings d d and d' d2. For the double purpose of having asnarrowamouth as possible to the churn for the passage of the dasher intoit, whereby to have its inner circumferential surface reduced as littleas practicable, so as to confine the cream to the action of the dasher,and thus to have two opposite wings, d d, act upon the cream near thecenter of the churn, these Win gs are placed near the axis of thedasher, so as to make the same narrow in one direction, as shown in Fig.3; and to fill up the spaces toward the circumference of the churnmissed by these wings in their revolutions the Wings d and d2 arearranged farther from the axis of the dasher. as represented7 wherebyall parts of the cream are acted upon by the combined action of thewings. As the dasher has to be canted in passing it into the churn, thewing d', which is farther from the axis than the Wing d2, and thelowerwingin thepassage, is rounded off at the ends of its outer edge to admitof passing through as short a mouth as possible, to leave ample room atthe ends of the churn for hooping, the middle part of the edge being ofcorresponding swelled form, so as to strike the cream near thecircumferential surface ot' the churn. rlhe other Wing, d2, is ofconcave form, so as to admit of an easy passage into the churn, and itsends are left fuller than the ends of the wing d', so as to strike thecream missed by them in the revolutions ofthe dasher. The wings d andd?, which are nearer the circumferential surface of the churn than theWings d d, have their outer edges inclined forward in the directionofthe revolutions of the dasher to force the cream from thecircumference of the churn toward the center thereof, and the twointermediate Wings, d d, are inclined in the opposite direction to forcethe ICC cream from the center toward the circumference. Two oppositecurrents ofthe cream being thus produced in connection with theconcnssions caused by the wings suddenly striking the cream, itsglobules are completely broken up. Y

I claim as my invention- 1. Adasher having` its wings d (Z as near theaxis as practicable, and the wings d d2, intermediate thereto, fartherfrom the center and curved lengthwise in opposite directions from eachother,with their outer end corners rounded ofi', substantially in thernanner and for the purpose set forth.

2. A dasher having, two of its wings at opposite sides and farthest fromits axis, inclined forward in the direction of the revolutions of thedasher to throw the cream from the circumference of the churn toward itscenter, and the outer edges of the intermediate wings inclined backwardto throw the cream from the centerv scribed.

JOI-IN II. DUNBAP. Vitnesses:

STEPHEN Us'rreic, WM. LARZELERF..

